Chandos
Janacek: String Quartet Nos. 1 & 2; Martinu: String Quartet No. 3 / Doric String Quartet
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Details
- Composer
- JANACEK MARTINU
- Artist
- DORIC STRING QUARTET
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Mar 31, 2015
- Catalog #
- CHAN 10848
- UPC
- 095115184820
About
“***** The music of [The Kreutzer Sonata] is… an emotional maelstrom… a whole kaleidoscope of feelings that the Doric brings to bear in a vivid, trenchant and intuitively heartfelt performance… [A] disc of outstanding musical insight and dynamic presence.” – Daily Telegraph (UK)
This new recording by the Doric String Quartet pays homage to the Czech chamber music of the 1920s, featuring string quartets by Janácek and Martinu. Exclusive on Chandos, The Doric String Quartet is now established as one of the finest young ensembles in the world.
The chamber music output of Janácek is relatively small but often programmatic. As acknowledged by the composer, the two string quartets are a vehicle for his deepest feelings. The mounting tension of String Quartet No. 1, which culminates in a less anguished last movement, emphasises the heightened feelings of love, passion, and remorse with which he was concerned at the time of its writing. As he summed it up, the work depicts the ‘miserable woman, suffering, beaten, beaten to death’ from Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata. Titled Intimate Letters, the Second Quartet – the last work Janácek completed – fulfils an autobiographical function, being a no less ardent and personal composition.
The Third String Quartet by Martinc reflects the influences of his teacher Roussel as well as the night-life ragtime and jazz world of Paris in which it was written, in 1929. By far the shortest of his seven mature quartets, it yet gives a greater degree of independence to each of the four instruments, allowing for some striking harmonic clashes and colourful scoring.
This new recording by the Doric String Quartet pays homage to the Czech chamber music of the 1920s, featuring string quartets by Janácek and Martinu. Exclusive on Chandos, The Doric String Quartet is now established as one of the finest young ensembles in the world.
The chamber music output of Janácek is relatively small but often programmatic. As acknowledged by the composer, the two string quartets are a vehicle for his deepest feelings. The mounting tension of String Quartet No. 1, which culminates in a less anguished last movement, emphasises the heightened feelings of love, passion, and remorse with which he was concerned at the time of its writing. As he summed it up, the work depicts the ‘miserable woman, suffering, beaten, beaten to death’ from Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata. Titled Intimate Letters, the Second Quartet – the last work Janácek completed – fulfils an autobiographical function, being a no less ardent and personal composition.
The Third String Quartet by Martinc reflects the influences of his teacher Roussel as well as the night-life ragtime and jazz world of Paris in which it was written, in 1929. By far the shortest of his seven mature quartets, it yet gives a greater degree of independence to each of the four instruments, allowing for some striking harmonic clashes and colourful scoring.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 I. Adagio - Con moto 04:39
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Adagio - Con moto
- Duration
- 04:39
- Composer
- Leoš Janáček
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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2 II. Con moto 04:16
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Con moto
- Duration
- 04:16
- Composer
- Leoš Janáček
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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3 III. Con moto - Vivo - Andante 04:15
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Con moto - Vivo - Andante
- Duration
- 04:15
- Composer
- Leoš Janáček
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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4 IV. Con moto (Adagio) - Più mosso 05:24
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Con moto (Adagio) - Più mosso
- Duration
- 05:24
- Composer
- Leoš Janáček
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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5 I. Andante - Con moto - Allegro 06:52
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Andante - Con moto - Allegro
- Duration
- 06:52
- Composer
- Leoš Janáček
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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6 II. Adagio - Vivace 06:18
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Adagio - Vivace
- Duration
- 06:18
- Composer
- Leoš Janáček
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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7 III. Moderato - Adagio - Allegro 05:54
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Moderato - Adagio - Allegro
- Duration
- 05:54
- Composer
- Leoš Janáček
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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8 IV. Allegro - Andante - Adagio 08:21
- Track
- 8
- Title
- IV. Allegro - Andante - Adagio
- Duration
- 08:21
- Composer
- Leoš Janáček
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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9 I. Allegro 04:08
- Track
- 9
- Title
- I. Allegro
- Duration
- 04:08
- Composer
- Bohuslav Martinů
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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10 II. Andante 05:11
- Track
- 10
- Title
- II. Andante
- Duration
- 05:11
- Composer
- Bohuslav Martinů
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet
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11 III. Vivo 03:17
- Track
- 11
- Title
- III. Vivo
- Duration
- 03:17
- Composer
- Bohuslav Martinů
- Ensemble
- Doric String Quartet